1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work
1001 Best Things
Ever Said about
W O R K
(and the Workplace)
Chosen and Arranged
by Ernie J. Zelinski
1001 Best Things
Ever Said about
WORK
(and the Workplace)
Chosen and Arranged by
Ernie J. Zelinski, Author of:
Real Success Without a Real Job
Ernie J. Zelinski, Author of Real Success Without a Real Job
ii
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by Ernie J. Zelinski
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1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
iii
Introduction
"It is a good thing for an educated man," declared
Winston Churchill, "to read books of quotations."
Anatole France advised, "When a thing has been said
and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it."
Not to be outdone, George Bernard Shaw once
remarked, "I often quote myself. It adds spice to my
conversations."
No doubt few things spice up an article, a book, a
conversation, or a speech more than a well-chosen
quotation. Given that work is one of the most written
and talked about subjects in Western society, there
should be a book of great quotations about work and
the workplace. This is the book!
Organized into over 125 categories for easy
reference, this i s the ultimate guide about work for
the professional speaker, journalist, author, career
advisor, life coach, and connoisseur of great
quotations. It also makes great reading for just about
everyone.
This book has it all: Wisdom. Ridicule. Irony.
Sarcasm. Paradox. Nonsense. Comedy. Mockery.
Social commentary. Valuable insight. All told, you
have in your possession the 1001 best things ever
said about work and the workplace.
Ernie J. Zelinski, Author of Real Success Without a Real Job
iv
Table of Contents
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Ability ...........................................................................1
Accomplishing the Impossible .................................2
Action...........................................................................4
Aggravations of Work ................................................5
Ambition .....................................................................8
Artists at Work ........................................................ 10
Bad Days at Work ................................................... 12
Boring Work ............................................................. 13
Breaking New Ground ........................................... 15
Bureaucracy............................................................. 16
Busyness ................................................................. 17
Careers..................................................................... 19
Career Advice ......................................................... 20
Change in the Workplace ..................................... 23
Committees.............................................................. 24
Communication in the Workplace ........................ 26
Competence ........................................................... 27
Competition ............................................................. 29
Computers .............................................................. 31
Creativity in the Workplace.................................... 34
Crisis Management................................................. 36
Dating People at Work .......................................... 37
Delegation................................................................ 37
1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
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Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Difficulty at Work ..................................................... 39
Diplomacy in the Workplace ................................ 40
Dream Jobs ............................................................ 41
Dress in the Workplace.......................................... 42
Earning a Living ..................................................... 44
Eccentrics at Work ................................................. 45
Education and Training .......................................... 47
Efficiency and Efficient Workers ........................... 50
Enjoyment of Work ................................................. 52
Equality .................................................................... 55
Evils of Work ........................................................... 59
Excellence at Work ................................................. 61
Experience ............................................................... 63
Experts and Specialists in the Workplace........... 64
Failure ...................................................................... 66
Freedom and Work................................................. 69
Friends and Work.................................................... 70
Fun in the Workplace ............................................. 71
Geniuses at Work ................................................... 73
Getting Employment .............................................. 74
Getting Fired ........................................................... 76
Goals......................................................................... 78
Government Workers ............................................. 81
Gratitude for Work .................................................. 82
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Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Happiness in the Workplace ................................ 83
Hard Work ................................................................ 85
Hard Work and Wealth........................................... 87
Haste......................................................................... 88
Having a Balanced Lifestyle .................................. 90
Health in the Workplace......................................... 93
Hiring the Right People ......................................... 94
Holidays and Vacations ........................................ 97
Housework ............................................................... 99
Humor in the Workplace ......................................100
Ideas .......................................................................103
Idleness ..................................................................105
Ignorance ...............................................................107
Imagination ............................................................107
Incompetence .......................................................109
Innovation ..............................................................110
Integrity in the Workplace ....................................111
Intellectual Work ..................................................112
Intelligence in the Workplace .............................113
Jobs ........................................................................114
Job Security ..........................................................116
Knowledge .............................................................117
Laziness .................................................................117
Leadership .............................................................120
1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
vii
Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Leisure and Work .................................................124
Leisurely Lifestyle .................................................126
Life and Work ........................................................128
Life-Long Career ...................................................129
Loving Your Work .................................................129
Luck.........................................................................132
Management..........................................................133
Manual Labor ........................................................136
Marriage and Work ...............................................138
Meetings.................................................................139
Mistakes ................................................................140
Morality of Work ....................................................142
Motivation to Work ................................................142
Multi-Tasking ........................................................143
New Ventures........................................................145
Not Working for a Living ......................................145
Obvious Solutions .................................................146
Opportunity ...........................................................146
Overwork ..............................................................147
Paperwork..............................................................150
Patience ................................................................151
Perfection ...............................................................152
Persistence ...........................................................154
Plans .......................................................................155
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Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Power......................................................................156
Praise and Recognition........................................157
Pride........................................................................158
Problem Solving ...................................................158
Procrastination ......................................................161
Productivity in the Workplace ...........................163
Professions and Professionals ...........................165
Progress ................................................................167
Promotions ............................................................169
Punctuality in the Workplace ..............................170
Purpose of Work ..................................................171
Research and Reports .........................................173
Results ...................................................................174
Retirement from Work ..........................................175
Rewards from Work .............................................178
Risk Taking ............................................................179
Rocking the Boat ..................................................180
Rules in the Workplace .......................................181
Rules of Work .......................................................182
Quitting Work ........................................................183
Salaries and Wages ............................................185
Schedules .............................................................186
Secrets to Success at One's Work.....................187
Self-Employment...................................................188
1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
ix
Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Shabby Work .........................................................189
Speech Making ....................................................190
Statistics .................................................................192
Stress in the Workplace ......................................193
Success..................................................................194
Talent .....................................................................197
Teamwork ..............................................................198
Time Management ...............................................200
Unemployment .....................................................202
Unions.....................................................................204
Unusual Ways to Earn a Living .........................205
Vocations ..............................................................207
Wasted Time ........................................................208
Winners and Losers ............................................209
Workaholics ...........................................................211
Working for Free ...................................................213
Working Fools........................................................213
Worry and Work ....................................................214
Work Ethic .............................................................216
Working Smart and Not Hard..............................217
Writers at Work ....................................................219
Zen at Work ...........................................................221
About the Author ...................................................222
About Real Success Without a Real Job.......224
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Ever Said about
W O R K
(and the Workplace)
Chosen and Arranged
by Ernie J. Zelinski
1001 Best Things
Ever Said about
WORK
(and the Workplace)
Chosen and Arranged by
Ernie J. Zelinski, Author of:
Real Success Without a Real Job
Ernie J. Zelinski, Author of Real Success Without a Real Job
ii
COPYRIGHT © 2006/2007
by Ernie J. Zelinski
MOST RIGHTS RESERVED
You have permission to post, e-mail, and pass this valuable
E-book along for free to anyone you like, as long as you make
no changes to its contents or format. The right to use material
from this E-book in other forms is prohibited. You can have
the movie rights, however, provided that you share half of the
profits with Ernie Zelinski and give him the staring role along
with Sharon Stone.
Direct all other inquiries to:
Ernie Zelinski
VIP BOOKS
P.O. Box 4072
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, T6E 4S8
Phone 780-434-9202
E-mail: vip-books@telus.net
1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
iii
Introduction
"It is a good thing for an educated man," declared
Winston Churchill, "to read books of quotations."
Anatole France advised, "When a thing has been said
and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it."
Not to be outdone, George Bernard Shaw once
remarked, "I often quote myself. It adds spice to my
conversations."
No doubt few things spice up an article, a book, a
conversation, or a speech more than a well-chosen
quotation. Given that work is one of the most written
and talked about subjects in Western society, there
should be a book of great quotations about work and
the workplace. This is the book!
Organized into over 125 categories for easy
reference, this i s the ultimate guide about work for
the professional speaker, journalist, author, career
advisor, life coach, and connoisseur of great
quotations. It also makes great reading for just about
everyone.
This book has it all: Wisdom. Ridicule. Irony.
Sarcasm. Paradox. Nonsense. Comedy. Mockery.
Social commentary. Valuable insight. All told, you
have in your possession the 1001 best things ever
said about work and the workplace.
Ernie J. Zelinski, Author of Real Success Without a Real Job
iv
Table of Contents
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Ability ...........................................................................1
Accomplishing the Impossible .................................2
Action...........................................................................4
Aggravations of Work ................................................5
Ambition .....................................................................8
Artists at Work ........................................................ 10
Bad Days at Work ................................................... 12
Boring Work ............................................................. 13
Breaking New Ground ........................................... 15
Bureaucracy............................................................. 16
Busyness ................................................................. 17
Careers..................................................................... 19
Career Advice ......................................................... 20
Change in the Workplace ..................................... 23
Committees.............................................................. 24
Communication in the Workplace ........................ 26
Competence ........................................................... 27
Competition ............................................................. 29
Computers .............................................................. 31
Creativity in the Workplace.................................... 34
Crisis Management................................................. 36
Dating People at Work .......................................... 37
Delegation................................................................ 37
1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
v
Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Difficulty at Work ..................................................... 39
Diplomacy in the Workplace ................................ 40
Dream Jobs ............................................................ 41
Dress in the Workplace.......................................... 42
Earning a Living ..................................................... 44
Eccentrics at Work ................................................. 45
Education and Training .......................................... 47
Efficiency and Efficient Workers ........................... 50
Enjoyment of Work ................................................. 52
Equality .................................................................... 55
Evils of Work ........................................................... 59
Excellence at Work ................................................. 61
Experience ............................................................... 63
Experts and Specialists in the Workplace........... 64
Failure ...................................................................... 66
Freedom and Work................................................. 69
Friends and Work.................................................... 70
Fun in the Workplace ............................................. 71
Geniuses at Work ................................................... 73
Getting Employment .............................................. 74
Getting Fired ........................................................... 76
Goals......................................................................... 78
Government Workers ............................................. 81
Gratitude for Work .................................................. 82
Ernie J. Zelinski, Author of Real Success Without a Real Job
vi
Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Happiness in the Workplace ................................ 83
Hard Work ................................................................ 85
Hard Work and Wealth........................................... 87
Haste......................................................................... 88
Having a Balanced Lifestyle .................................. 90
Health in the Workplace......................................... 93
Hiring the Right People ......................................... 94
Holidays and Vacations ........................................ 97
Housework ............................................................... 99
Humor in the Workplace ......................................100
Ideas .......................................................................103
Idleness ..................................................................105
Ignorance ...............................................................107
Imagination ............................................................107
Incompetence .......................................................109
Innovation ..............................................................110
Integrity in the Workplace ....................................111
Intellectual Work ..................................................112
Intelligence in the Workplace .............................113
Jobs ........................................................................114
Job Security ..........................................................116
Knowledge .............................................................117
Laziness .................................................................117
Leadership .............................................................120
1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
vii
Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Leisure and Work .................................................124
Leisurely Lifestyle .................................................126
Life and Work ........................................................128
Life-Long Career ...................................................129
Loving Your Work .................................................129
Luck.........................................................................132
Management..........................................................133
Manual Labor ........................................................136
Marriage and Work ...............................................138
Meetings.................................................................139
Mistakes ................................................................140
Morality of Work ....................................................142
Motivation to Work ................................................142
Multi-Tasking ........................................................143
New Ventures........................................................145
Not Working for a Living ......................................145
Obvious Solutions .................................................146
Opportunity ...........................................................146
Overwork ..............................................................147
Paperwork..............................................................150
Patience ................................................................151
Perfection ...............................................................152
Persistence ...........................................................154
Plans .......................................................................155
Ernie J. Zelinski, Author of Real Success Without a Real Job
viii
Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Power......................................................................156
Praise and Recognition........................................157
Pride........................................................................158
Problem Solving ...................................................158
Procrastination ......................................................161
Productivity in the Workplace ...........................163
Professions and Professionals ...........................165
Progress ................................................................167
Promotions ............................................................169
Punctuality in the Workplace ..............................170
Purpose of Work ..................................................171
Research and Reports .........................................173
Results ...................................................................174
Retirement from Work ..........................................175
Rewards from Work .............................................178
Risk Taking ............................................................179
Rocking the Boat ..................................................180
Rules in the Workplace .......................................181
Rules of Work .......................................................182
Quitting Work ........................................................183
Salaries and Wages ............................................185
Schedules .............................................................186
Secrets to Success at One's Work.....................187
Self-Employment...................................................188
1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace)
ix
Table of Contents (Continued)
Note: To go directly to any of the subjects listed below, place
your cursor on the respective subject.
Shabby Work .........................................................189
Speech Making ....................................................190
Statistics .................................................................192
Stress in the Workplace ......................................193
Success..................................................................194
Talent .....................................................................197
Teamwork ..............................................................198
Time Management ...............................................200
Unemployment .....................................................202
Unions.....................................................................204
Unusual Ways to Earn a Living .........................205
Vocations ..............................................................207
Wasted Time ........................................................208
Winners and Losers ............................................209
Workaholics ...........................................................211
Working for Free ...................................................213
Working Fools........................................................213
Worry and Work ....................................................214
Work Ethic .............................................................216
Working Smart and Not Hard..............................217
Writers at Work ....................................................219
Zen at Work ...........................................................221
About the Author ...................................................222
About Real Success Without a Real Job.......224
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